The Queer Witch Podcast

Compassion, Meditation and The Sacred Path of the Warrior

This week, I found myself doing
something I hadn’t done in a while: meditating.

I felt called in my meditation
to revisit a book I had once loved; Shambhala: The Sacred Path of
the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa. I bought this book from the
Shambhala Center in Boston where I first learned meditation almost
7 years ago.

In this episode, I
discuss:

-A brief intro to the context
and content of Shambhala, which is a secular spiritual practice
with its roots in Tibet

-A big question that has been on
my mind: “How do I have compassion for myself knowing I benefit
from systems of oppression? How do I find compassion for all living
beings knowing that some of those beings are violent
bigots?”

-My memories of learning to
meditate and what meditation means to me

-Some of my favorite excerpts
from The Sacred Path of the Warrior

If you would like to go deeper
into The Sacred Path of the Warriro, there is a free pdf available
of the book here: